10-04-2014, 08:11 PM
I dunno, I think people are giving the rush 3/drop 8 approach way too much guff. As I've noted, we used it basically the whole game and if you liked the defense most of the game you also liked ... rushing 3 and dropping 8. Sorry.
The reasons for that defense are perfectly sensible:
a) if N.D. is going to spread you out with four or five receivers you need to spread out with them, which takes potential rushers out of the equation.
b) Other problem is a safety (or two) deep -- if you want that (and you do!), then this, too, takes away rushers.
c) Since Golson is mobile, you also don't want to over-rush him and leave him free for a draw/escape/whatever. A robber looks pretty sensible... in which case he's not rushing.
So pretty soon you're left with a situation in which rushing 3 and dropping 8 looks like a reasonable choice. If you'd like to rush, you need to either: cover a receiver with a linebacker, have fewer deep safeties than you'd like, or risk Golson escaping. It's not as simple as you guys are portraying it.
The reasons for that defense are perfectly sensible:
a) if N.D. is going to spread you out with four or five receivers you need to spread out with them, which takes potential rushers out of the equation.
b) Other problem is a safety (or two) deep -- if you want that (and you do!), then this, too, takes away rushers.
c) Since Golson is mobile, you also don't want to over-rush him and leave him free for a draw/escape/whatever. A robber looks pretty sensible... in which case he's not rushing.
So pretty soon you're left with a situation in which rushing 3 and dropping 8 looks like a reasonable choice. If you'd like to rush, you need to either: cover a receiver with a linebacker, have fewer deep safeties than you'd like, or risk Golson escaping. It's not as simple as you guys are portraying it.